name | Mohamed Mounir |
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background | solo_singer |
birth name | Mohamed Mounir Mohamed Aba Yazeeb Gebriel Metwaly |
alias | The King (El Malek) |
born | October 10, 1954Aswan, Egypt |
instrument | Vocals |
genre | Nubian Music, Pop, Blues, Jazz, Reggae |
occupation | Singer, Actor |
years active | 1977–present |
label | Sonar, Sound of America, Digitec, FreeMusic, Mirage, Africana, Alam El Phan |
notable instruments | }} |
After completing his military service, Mounir released his 1977 debut solo album "Alemony Eneeki" on the Sonar record label. Mounir went on to release 5 more consecutive official albums and featured on one soundtrack album under the Sonar label. To date, Mounir has released a total 20 official albums and featured on 6 soundtrack albums under a number of different record labels.
Mounir’s single “Maddad” from this album caused controversy, as its lyrics could be interpreted as a call for intercession from the prophet Muhammad. Amongst Muslims, there are differing views as to whether the prophet can provide intercession between Allah and his believers. This resulted in the music video being banned from Egyptian television for a time. Mounir responded by saying "it is this fight against rigid thought that makes something out of you".
On his 2003 follow up album "Ahmar Shafayef" (Lipstick), he returned to his more familiar style of mainly secular lyrics. In the summer of 2003, following the release of his album Mounir toured Austria, Germany and Switzerland alongside the Austrian pop musician Hubert von Goisern, and later that year the duo performed a concert in Asyut.
In May 2004, he held a large concert at the pyramids, during which he was physically attacked by a drunken fan. Despite sustaining minor injuries, he continued his performance until the end of the concert.
He continued his trend of releasing secular albums infused with social commentary with the release of his 2005 album “Embareh Kan Omry Eshren” (Yesterday I Was Twenty), as well as on his latest album "Ta'm El Beyout" (Taste of Homes), released in 2008. Ta'm El Beyout was noted for its creativity but initially did not perform as well as expected in terms of album sales.
In 2008, Mounir postponed his New Year's Eve concert at Cairo Opera House in solidarity with the Palestinians suffering the effects of the Gaza War. He issued the statement: "delaying the concert is a message sent to the whole world, so that it would move forward and help the people in Gaza."
He headlined the Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival 2010 on the 9th July at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
His movie career began in 1982, when he acted in and featured on the soundtrack album Youssef Chahine film “'Hadouta Masreia” (An Egyptian Story).
In 1997 he played the role of the bard in the Youssef Chahine French-Egyptian historical drama “Al Maseer” (Destiny), which screened out of competition at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.
Mounir played the part of the blind poetry professor “Bashir” in the controversial 2005 film "Dunia". The movie is centered around the title character Dunia, a belly dancer and poet played by Egyptian actress Hanan Tork. When the film aired at the 2005 Cairo International Film Festival, it left the audience split between those supporting the film’s calls for intellectual freedom and its anti-female circumcision stance, and those disapproved of either the title character’s desire to physically express herself through dance, or of the filming of scenes in the Cairo’s slums which could be seen to tarnish Egypt's international image.
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
1982 | ''Hadouta Masreia'' (An Egyptian Tale) | Mahdi | |
1986 | ''Al Yawm Al Sades'' (The Sixth Day) | The Boatman | |
1987 | ''Al Tokk Wa Eswera'' (Ring and Bracelet) | Mr. Mohamed | |
1988 | ''Youm Mor We Youm Helw'' (A Bad Day & A Good Day) | Oraby | |
1990 | ''Shabab Ala Kaf Afreet'' (Youth on the palm of a ghost) | ||
1991 | ''Ishtebah'' (Suspicion) | Medhat | |
1991 | ''Leih Ya Haram'' (Why Pyramid) | Ahmed Shafek | |
1992 | ''Hekayat Al Ghareb'' (Stranger Tale) | Saed | |
1994 | ''Al Bahth An Tut Ankh Amun'' (Search for Tutankhamen) | Gad | |
1997 | Marwan (The Bard) | ||
2006 | ''Dunia'' (World)'' | Dr. Bashir | |
2006 | ''Mafesh Gher Keda'' (Nothing but this) | Himself | |
Category:1954 births Category:Living people Category:Egyptian male singers Category:Egyptian singers Category:Egyptian actors Category:Egyptian people of Nubian descent
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